Ashford Handicrafts Limited
415 West Street, Ashburton 7700, New Zealand
Telephone 64 3 308 9087
[email protected] www.ashford.co.nz
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KNITTERS LOOM SECOND HEDDLE KIT
Assembly and Double Weave Instructions
KL2HK19052015V6
Assembly
1.
Unfold and sit your loom on a flat surface.
2.
Remove the knob and washer from one side of the loom.
3.
Carefully remove the bolt from the 2 loom sides.
4.
Tap the bolt from the heddle support block.
5.
Identify the correct new double heddle support block by
checking that the locator pin fits into the groove in the side.
6.
Locate the new support block over the edge of a table and
insert the bolt into the hole. Check that the bolt and locator
pin are clear of the table. Then tap the head of the bolt into
the counter bored hole until level with the surface.
7.
Locate the bolt and support block back through the 2 loom
sides. Check the locator pin is in the groove.
8.
Secure with the washer and knob.
9.
Repeat for the other side.
Note: You will also need an extra heddle (reed) with the same
DPI as the one you already have.
Tools Required
Double Weave and Brooks Bouquet on the Knitters Loom
This project has been woven on a 30cm (12ins) Knitters Loom but can be
adapted to any Rigid Heddle or Knitters Loom.
Create this beautiful double weave shuttle holder
on a Knitters Loom second heddle kit.
Warping
1.
Place one reed in the back heddle
rest position.
2.
Excluding the first three and last
three slots, warp across reed in the
normal way but place two loops in
each slot
(one loop of black and one of white)
.
3.
Roll the warp onto the back roller
and cut the loops.
Materials used
Loom: Knitters Loom 30cm (12ins)
Reed: 2 x 40/10cm (10dpi)
Warp & Weft Yarns:
Ashford McKenzie 4 ply
(100% Merino; 385m/421yds;100gms net)
White 1 ball, Black 1 ball
Other: Two pick-up sticks
(or shuttles)
